Sen. Kamala Harris came out in opposition to Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court within 20 minutes of President Trump’s announcement of his pick. Sen. Dianne Feinstein was invited to the White House to watch the president reveal his selection, but declined — and later issued a statement that stopped just short of declaring she’d vote against the nominee.

The reaction of California’s two U.S. senators — both members of the Judiciary Committee, which will hold confirmation hearings on Kavanaugh — was an indication of the near-universal scorn with which Democrats greeted Trump’s announcement Monday that he had picked the 53-year-old federal appeals judge to replace the retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Among conservatives, Trump’s selection brought widespread praise. But two Republican senators whose votes could be crucial to Kavanaugh taking a seat on the bench withheld judgment until the confirmation process unfolds over the coming weeks.

Harris didn’t wait, saying in a statement that “Judge Kavanaugh has consistently proven to be a conservative ideologue instead of a mainstream jurist.” She cited opinions he’s written that would have denied a 17-year-old undocumented immigrant the ability to obtain an abortion and another backing employers’ right to refuse to offer birth-control coverage in health plans based on personal beliefs.

“Judge Brett Kavanaugh represents a direct and fundamental threat to (the) promise of equality, and so I will oppose his nomination to the Supreme Court,” Harris said.

Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, did not say how she would vote. But she was clear that Kavanaugh, a judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and former White House lawyer under George W. Bush, wasn’t what she had in mind to replace Kennedy, who was a swing vote on the high court on issues including abortion, gay rights and gun laws.

“His views are far outside the legal mainstream when it comes to access to health care, executive power, gun safety, worker protections, women’s reproductive freedom, and the government’s ability to ensure clean air and water, to name a few,” Feinstein said. “We need a nominee who understands that the court is there to protect the rights of all Americans, not just political interest groups and the powerful.”

Feinstein was one of five Democratic senators invited by the White House to watch as Trump revealed his nominee. All five turned down the offer, with Feinstein’s office declining to say why she did not attend.

The stances of California’s senators was a sign of how little margin for error Kavanaugh will have in the confirmation process. Republicans hold a 51-49 majority, but with GOP Sen. John McCain of Arizona battling brain cancer, Kavanaugh will need every Republican vote if Democrats are unified in their opposition.

Much of the focus will be on two Republican senators who have indicated support for Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 decision legalizing abortion — Maine’s Susan Collins and Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski. Collins said Monday that “Judge Kavanaugh has impressive credentials and extensive experience,” and that she would “ conduct a careful, thorough vetting of the president’s nominee.”

Murkowski was similarly noncommittal, saying she would consider several factors, including Kavanaugh’s testimony before the Judiciary Committee.

The chair of that committee, Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, showered praise on Kavanaugh, whom he called “one of the most qualified Supreme Court nominees to come before the Senate.” Bush said Kavanaugh is an “outstanding” pick — “a man of the highest integrity.”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who will have to shepherd the nomination through the chamber, said Kavanaugh “is an impressive nominee who is extremely well qualified to serve as an associate justice of the Supreme Court.”

Key players on the right all signaled their support for Trump’s pick, including the the National Rifle Association, Heritage Foundation and the National Right to Life. The antiabortion group tweeted its thanks to the president and said Roe vs. Wade “deserves to go the way of the Court’s other embarrassments and misfires.”

McConnell’s Democratic counterpart in the Senate, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, made it clear that his party would focus on the possibility that the landmark abortion ruling could be reversed by “five men on the Supreme Court.”

Abortion-rights advocates’ concern for Roe vs. Wade is not misplaced, said Crystal Strait, CEO of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California. “Brett Kavanaugh was the scariest person on (Trump’s) list” of high court finalists, Strait said.

LGBTQ groups also signaled their alarm, saying Kavanugh was hand-selected by far-right groups and that his nomination was celebrated by the Family Research Council. The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled the council an anti-LGBTQ hate group, something the group has called “character assassination.”

“Judge Brett Kavanaugh is a far-right extremist who may satisfy the litmus test established by the president’s supporters, but has consistently ruled against some of our most fundamental American freedoms,” said Rick Zbur, executive director of the gay rights group Equality California.